1,812 Hands. "You run horrible"

Posted by icemonkey9 on Oct 8, 2008 in General | 0 comments

I showed off some of my hands to a few friends and they both said the identical thing back to me via AIM.

"You run horrible"

I was about to tell bw07507 that I was beginning to understand what he was going through a couple of months ago. From memory he hit this ridiculously nasty 30 or 40k stretch where he just couldn't win. If he won a hand the next hand he had AA cracked. It was beyond unfair ... and it just seems like I'm beginning to comprehend what that is like. Fortunately, I am not running as bad as he did since I am still winning some hands here and there, however I am losing which is not really all that exciting. But profitability wasn't the goal of the month - it was bulk and playing smart.

I've posted some of the hands on CC and fortunately enough I've not been reading "Icemonkey they should call you ICE DONKEY" but more like "crappy spot you're screwed" kind of things with advice along the lines of what I did do, so I know I'm playing it somewhat correctly.

Anyways, I would have put in a couple of more sessions today, but at 6:15pm the power for entire neighborhood block went out thanks to some traffic accident. Here's some of the interesting beats, wins, and tough spots...

AA Cracked by ShortStacking Setminer

Maybe this guy read my "how to play small pocket pairs" article on PokerHandReplays.com , but he's putting the practice to the theory incorrectly with his half-stack buyin. Ugh.

99 Wins a Stack

Villain is unknown ... I like my play here I was aggressive with 99 and didn't slowplay anything and got full value for my hand.

Posted This Hand ... AK to not so enticing River

Just yuck. I think this hand might show how much I've grown since I really recognized that this was a bad bad spot and absolutely not one to raise. I agonized with the call.

4Bet Failure vs Maniac folded at PF

I call him a maniac, but he was only 43/29/inf over 7 hands so it's really me playing a guy in the dark. AQs here ... probably not good by any stretch of the imagination.

Got Outplayed + I Suck = Lost Stack

Maybe this belongs on WV's "Worst Hand I Played" if I had that section. To be honest, I was *stunned* to look back and see AA flat the first preflop raise, then min-raise my 3bet. I think I've seen that before once and it was something like 88. I really really thought about shoving there on the flop. But I wanted to see what the flop would bring, and I was in a WA/WB situation (maybe barely ahead, way behind). I throw in a bet at the turn to guage really where I am more than anything and he flats. Middle pair? Flush draw? Slowplayed K? I make the disastrous move of shoving ... and with that board, a bad move.

KK in WA/WB Situation Played Well (I think at least)

Villain here is a 11/5/inf over 174 hands. I recognize a WA/WB situation and absoultely do not cbet it. I am not sure why he played it so passively to the river, but I am guessing that he saw the same thing I did - all the draws filled!

Just the Right River Bet?

With me filling up on the river and no longer scared of a straight, I thought about what might be the right amount. What's the best value bet here. I didn't think a stackoff would get called so I made it a nice round number slightly more than the pot. Given his hand I think it was the right amount.

QQ ... ?

Kinda surprised he showed me KK given the preflop action.

KK Cracked by ... wow.

Who stacks off with AJ?? This guy!

SSssshhhhiiiittttt!

This also got some attention on the Cardschat forums. Just brutal man. I pretty much committed myself with my flop 3bet ... and ran into the nuts.